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Posted by Chuckmonster on 30 Jun 2015
Right about now, Caesars Entertainment CEO Gary Loveman has returned from his goodbye lunch with fellow C-levelers to find a slice of cake sitting on top of a stack of storage boxes filled to the...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 12 Jun 2015The long glorious reign of Gary Loveman as the Chief Executive Officer of Caesars Entertainment officially comes to a close in 18 days, when he cedes control to CEO designee Mark Frisorra on June 30.
The...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 4 Feb 2015
Gary Loveman revolutionized the Las Vegas gaming industry by harnessing the power of every single byte of information casinos gather about their customers to create a marketing machine never before seen in world of business...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 4 Feb 2015Gary Loveman is stepping down as Caesars CEO company effective June 30. The company has named former Hertz executive as CEO-designate.
After 12 years as CEO, Caesars has accomplished more than what we could have imagined...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 15 Jan 2015Well, we all knew it would come to this, Caesars Entertainment has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. But there is more to the story than just that. Caesars has been in a...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 19 Nov 2014Caesars Entertainment (CEC) announced Monday that one of their corporate shell companies (CEOC - holders of 44 casinos with Caesars, Horseshoe and Harrah's brands plus Total Rewards) has begun formal discussions with creditors about a...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 2 Jul 2014I knew something was afoot this weekend when I saw this sign on the elevator banks.
And the next day, this... paint color tests and glass balcony installs on the exterior of Quad hotel towers.
And then...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 23 May 2014The Cromwell is now officially open and VT superfriend Norm! brought the world a basket of gifts from opening night. First, juicy tidbits about the rivalry between Victor Drai and Steve Wynn which include...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 4 Dec 2013Earlier today, Caesars Entertainment CEO Gary Loveman delivered a powerpoint to the Bank of America 2013 Leveraged Finance Conference... if you have a hankering to blow your skull into a thousand pieces, check out slide...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 30 Nov 2013Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines is no stranger to letting her mouth beat a path to drama's front door. Today she's regaling her Twitter followers with tales of bed bugs, odors and general...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 29 Jul 2013Caesars Entertainment announced their quarterly earnings report today. This is the first full quarter since they began charging resort fees earlier this year. The result, unsurprisingly, was an increase in hotel revenues.
From the...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 26 Jul 2013
Episode #92 of the Vegas Gang Podcast has been posted last night.
Topics this time include Cosmopolitan's new marketing campaign, mergers & acquisitions in gaming technology, fallout from the Pinnacle/Ameristar merger, LVS, Macau, casino smoking, the...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 24 Jul 2013There is a little bit less to Loveman. Caesars Entertainment CEO Gary Loveman appears in the latest issue of Haute Living magazine, debuting his new post-Dutch Boy look - lean and mean and coiffed...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 16 May 2013The Quad is making progress on the cladding of the poopoo palace, at least as fast as Kinkos can deliver the panels. But what the hell is the design? Something? Nothing?
One can...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 15 Feb 2013Gambling addiction is no laughing matter.
Ok, it is... just this once.
Not just the indigent hopeless idiots trolling for any life line from the depths of despair are gambling addicts, they're preachers, billionaires, captains of industry...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 16 Jan 2013Fox News is discussing ways in which "how Washington DC can cut spending." To this end, they have brought in a very special guest to help them sort through the thorny issues of fiscal...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 4 Oct 2012Two years and three months since we first ferreted out and published renderings, Caesars Entertainment has finally made their plans to transform Bill's Gamblin' Hall and Saloon into a boutique hotel with partner Victor Drai.
Caesars...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 4 Oct 2012Ok gaming wonks... here's one full hour of Caesars CEO Gary Loveman showing the difference between him and the other gaming CEO's... not that we didn't know he was a propellerhead, but damn, this is...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 13 Sep 2012Just a quick note to those tuned into RSS and or Twitter feeds that we've posted a new feature article, a review of the new(ish) Flamingo Fab Rooms.
Check it out in all its frightening glory...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 5 Sep 2012Caesars CEO Gary "Dutch Boy" Loveman poses outside of the new Flamingo "Health Spa."
Seriously, who buys a dildo at the Flamingo? Do they offer Total Rewards discounts?
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Posted by Chuckmonster on 21 Aug 2012Just a note to those tuned into the RSS or Twitter feeds that we've posted a new review, Blackjacker1979's amazingly detailed review of Caesars' latest erection - The Octavius Tower!
This is yet another incredible review...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 5 Mar 2012O'Shea's employes have been given 60 notice for termination. Employees originally promised to be assimilated elsewhere in the Borg have been told to meet at Human Resources where they will be availed the opportunity...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 19 Nov 2010
Harrah's Entertainment has officially shit canned their planned IPO after investors... well... there weren't any. Three cheers for voting with your pocket book!
Anyways, this means that we can scratch ...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 10 Nov 2010
Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi just lost the World Series of Poker and what did he do? He went to Pure nightclub at Jay Sarno's Caesars Palace to make it rain a little.
Shortly after he...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 12 Oct 2010Harrah's Entertainment, known the world over for their statistical wizardry, has decided to enter a new field of business - irony alert - soap recycling.
The Harrah's Foundation donated $100,000 to the Orlando, Fla.-based Clean the...

Posted by Chuckmonster on 12 Aug 2010MarketWatch and Wall Street Journal are reporting that Harrah's Entertainment has filed the required paperwork to take a portion of the company public via IPO.
Again.
Oskar Garcia's AP piece reveals that the shares going public are...